JetsLife Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 I don't agree with everything in this article below. But it reminds me of what I replied to a Steelers fan friend who said "enjoy Bell" after we signed him: we'll see which Bell we're getting - the hungry, good teammate Bell or the me-first, distraction Bell? Fortunately it seems when he's healthy and happy with his contract, he does nothing but produce on the field. That should last for this season, and hopefully next. Beyond that who knows. https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/sports/1645912/will-bad-boys-get-their-act-together- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FidelioJet Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Yes, we're only tied to him for 2 years and that's pretty much all we want from him. He has nice incentives to him succeeded. It really is a Jet friendly contract. Assuming the team is winning I think you're going to get a good teammate in the time he's here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDL_JET Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 1 minute ago, JetsLife said: I don't agree with everything in this article below. But it reminds me of what I replied to a Steelers fan friend who said "enjoy Bell" after we signed him: we'll see which Bell we're getting - the hungry, good teammate Bell or the me-first, distraction Bell? Fortunately it seems when he's healthy and happy with his contract, he does nothing but produce on the field. That should last for this season, and hopefully next. Beyond that who knows. https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/sports/1645912/will-bad-boys-get-their-act-together- Bangkok post is where you're getting your sports news? Interesting. BUT I don't really understand the 'me first, distraction' part. Before last season, was there ever a problem with him?? And when he did hold out last season it seemed more of his teammates not welcoming him back and not supporting what he was doing, taking stuff from his locker...was more of the distraction then Bell actually holding out. Only reason he was, was to make a statement to get paid for how much he was used. He was never the distraction how AB was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neckdemon Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Bell has a shot at the hall of fame. You think hes gonna mail it in because of what exactly? Very doubtful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashmouth Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 17 minutes ago, JetsLife said: I don't agree with everything in this article below. But it reminds me of what I replied to a Steelers fan friend who said "enjoy Bell" after we signed him: we'll see which Bell we're getting - the hungry, good teammate Bell or the me-first, distraction Bell? Fortunately it seems when he's healthy and happy with his contract, he does nothing but produce on the field. That should last for this season, and hopefully next. Beyond that who knows. https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/sports/1645912/will-bad-boys-get-their-act-together- why the me first tag all the time ? He didn't hold out, he was not under contract and he was obviously not pleased with his contract offer or situation in Pittsburgh so at what point was he such a distraction and when did he ever cause trouble in the Locker room ? I bet most of the players were rooting for him since the Majority of players hate the franchise tag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lith Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 He is probably not in football shape after a year away from the game, but as long as he shows up for mini-camp, OTAs, etc he should be ready to go by the time the season rolls around. I will be concerned about muscle pulls, strains that type of thing early in the offseason which could linger and impact his effectiveness. But I do not believe the guy ever refused to play or held out while under contract. He played out his 4-year rookie deal. A deal he outperformed. He played one season under the tag, and refused to sign for a second year and sat out. By choice, he was not under contract, and missed a season. But I don't think he ever refused to play when he was under contract. I can respect what he did more than a guy like Revis who was under contract and refused to play. No way of knowing if he will be the same dynamic playmaker he was in Pitt (sure hope he will be), but if he isn't it is more likely to be either the layoff or the toll taken on his body during his first 5 years in the league than an issue of motivation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirlancemehlot Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 The only caveat with Bell is that he may never get out of the backfield. Steelers had a better line and downfield passing threat. Jets have a substandard line and Robby Anderson. So yeah, you got the Porsche, now let's see if yhrres any open road for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost420 Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Other wanting what he thought we was worth, when has Bell ever been in the news for be a bad teammate in the locker room? How is wanting what you think you are worth make you self-centered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewilly12 Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 4 hours ago, JetsLife said: But it reminds me of what I replied to a Steelers fan friend who said "enjoy Bell" Steeler fans are devastated over the loss of Bell and Brown don't let them fool you just like all the Giants fans I know defending the OBJ trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Smith Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 The Bangkok Post, for all of your Pittsburgh football needs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joenamathwouldn'tcry Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 This was an article written by a once a month contributor to an internet newspaper. Impressive. He's less prolific than the most casual of posters at JetNation. This "article" was worthy of an Op-ed from some backwater newspaper somewhere in West Virginia. "Bangkok News" is an appropriate landing spot for such trash. I am not worried in the least about LeVeon Bell's desire or ability to perform at the high level he achieved before his sabbatical. In fact, I expect it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet Nut Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 5 hours ago, JetsLife said: I don't agree with everything in this article below. But it reminds me of what I replied to a Steelers fan friend who said "enjoy Bell" after we signed him: we'll see which Bell we're getting - the hungry, good teammate Bell or the me-first, distraction Bell? Fortunately it seems when he's healthy and happy with his contract, he does nothing but produce on the field. That should last for this season, and hopefully next. Beyond that who knows. https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/sports/1645912/will-bad-boys-get-their-act-together- When exactly was Bells performances hurt by his me-first attitude? Whats his me-first attitude BTW? That after leading the league in touches and all purpose yardage all those years he wasnt going to go along with a final season in Pitt where it was apparent that he would be run into the ground with no regard towards the next season as they were going to let him walk. He should have went along with that plan? Typical fanspeak. Love the guy, root for the guy every week, hate him when your team lets him walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptable Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 5 hours ago, JetsLife said: I don't agree with everything in this article below. But it reminds me of what I replied to a Steelers fan friend who said "enjoy Bell" after we signed him: we'll see which Bell we're getting - the hungry, good teammate Bell or the me-first, distraction Bell? Fortunately it seems when he's healthy and happy with his contract, he does nothing but produce on the field. That should last for this season, and hopefully next. Beyond that who knows. https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/sports/1645912/will-bad-boys-get-their-act-together- Lazy article making all sorts of assumptions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptable Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 2 hours ago, sirlancemehlot said: The only caveat with Bell is that he may never get out of the backfield. Steelers had a better line and downfield passing threat. Jets have a substandard line and Robby Anderson. So yeah, you got the Porsche, now let's see if yhrres any open road for him. Give me a break Powell ran well behind this 'horrible line' before his injury... and they massively upgraded it with KO. Unless you are saying bell and Crowell are about equal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornJetsFan1983 Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 18 minutes ago, Skeptable said: Give me a break Powell ran well behind this 'horrible line' before his injury... Give me a break and the massively upgraded it with KO. Unless you are saying bell and Crowell are about equal One nice thing is that bell will be feature back none of this committee crap that bowles wasted every rb we had on. No matter who it was no matter how well they performed he refused to let anyone get in a rythym. Bell will get all the touches thank god Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varjet Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Bell philosophically resented how the Steelers used the franchise tag on him. That is tough to use on RBs. The strategy could be draft, franchise 2x, give ball 400+:year and dump. He made a deal with the Jets with incentives. He can retire now if he wants. I think he behaves. I am more concerned about Trumaine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe W. Namath Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Run him into the ground for 2 years and move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptable Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, varjet said: Bell philosophically resented how the Steelers used the franchise tag on him. That is tough to use on RBs. The strategy could be draft, franchise 2x, give ball 400+:year and dump. He made a deal with the Jets with incentives. He can retire now if he wants. I think he behaves. I am more concerned about Trumaine Trumaine had a bad year but I feel like the biggest issue was his injury and never getting into game speed I feel like he was constantly out of position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico002 Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Reality check Bell just turned 27 he has three full seasons in his 20s He has 35 million guaranteed- most is the first two years He has the opportunity to make an additional 30 million with the jets if the decide to keep him past year two the beauty of this contract is that bell is HIGHLY incentivize to play for one more big paycheck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neckdemon Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 16 minutes ago, Joe W. Namath said: Run him into the ground for 2 years and move on. He should have about 4 good years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycdan Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 1 hour ago, J_Smith said: The Bangkok Post, for all of your Pittsburgh football needs They might have a good series of articles on Robert Kraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionelRichie Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Best rb AND wr this team has had in over a decade. I’ll take my chances for 13m/year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Brown Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 1 hour ago, joewilly12 said: Steeler fans are devastated over the loss of Bell and Brown don't let them fool you just like all the Giants fans I know defending the OBJ trade. Thank you!! Bell is a HOF talent, a generational talent and we have never had a player of his caliber on the Jets EVER .... I mean EVER! Bell is not Lamont Jordan or even CM. (even Martin has noted this!!).... If Bell plays up to his abilities we have a player who is averaging more yards from scrimmage per game than any player in NFL History but no we are listening to what amounts the Captain Kangaroo daily to find things wrong with our own players! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freemanm Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Bell wanted a long-term deal with the Steelers, and the Steelers tagged him instead for the second year in a row. So Bell decided to sit out the season. I don't call that being tempermental, I call that a business decision. If you're company doesn't offer you the raise that you deserve, you move to another company. Is that being tempermental? Whether it was the financially smart decision by Bell is a different story. And yes, we're a much better football team with him than without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsLife Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 On 3/17/2019 at 12:57 PM, MDL_JET said: Bangkok post is where you're getting your sports news? Interesting. BUT I don't really understand the 'me first, distraction' part. Before last season, was there ever a problem with him?? And when he did hold out last season it seemed more of his teammates not welcoming him back and not supporting what he was doing, taking stuff from his locker...was more of the distraction then Bell actually holding out. Only reason he was, was to make a statement to get paid for how much he was used. He was never the distraction how AB was. Lol I was going to remark the same thing about being from the Bangkok Post. But it came up during a Leveon Bell or Jets Google news search and I found it an interesting read. As an aside Thailand can be very American/British in many ways, lots of expats there. The me first, distraction part: I heard on NFL Network he was late and/or missed practice enough through the years to the point it was a distraction. Plus his prior off-field issues (DUI, marijuana, etc). Which when you're Le'veon Bell becomes a distraction vs. some scrub. But you're right about he was never the locker room cancer type AB was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusher Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 20 hours ago, nycdan said: They might have a good series of articles on Robert Kraft. In the "Helpful hands" section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klecko73isGod Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 On 3/17/2019 at 12:52 PM, JetsLife said: I don't agree with everything in this article below. But it reminds me of what I replied to a Steelers fan friend who said "enjoy Bell" after we signed him: we'll see which Bell we're getting - the hungry, good teammate Bell or the me-first, distraction Bell? Fortunately it seems when he's healthy and happy with his contract, he does nothing but produce on the field. That should last for this season, and hopefully next. Beyond that who knows. https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/sports/1645912/will-bad-boys-get-their-act-together- I am not clicking on a link to the Bangkok Post. Are you nuts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#27TheDominator Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 21 hours ago, LionelRichie said: Best rb AND wr this team has had in over a decade. I’ll take my chances for 13m/year. I read about his prowess as a WR all the time. What is it based on? I understand that he catches a ton of balls and looks smooth. I get that he motions to slot a bunch, but I read recently that he depth of target was very short,. IIRC it was considerably shorter than Tevin Coleman. Am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Lonelyhearts Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 8 minutes ago, #27TheDominator said: I read about his prowess Um I think you mean brilliance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roscoeword Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 this is the best rb we've had since Riggins, and I'm including Curtis Martin and Freeman McNeil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetstream23 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 On 3/17/2019 at 9:55 AM, FidelioJet said: Yes, we're only tied to him for 2 years and that's pretty much all we want from him. He has nice incentives to him succeeded. It really is a Jet friendly contract. Assuming the team is winning I think you're going to get a good teammate in the time he's here. I like the fact that he'll essentially be playing for a new contract in year 2 with the Jets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustInFudge Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 There's an article out there that Big Ben once purposely fumbled to spite Todd Haley. Maybe Bell and Brown werent the problem? The way the Steelers treat Big Ben is ridiculous. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/former-steelers-rb-says-ben-roethlisberger-fumbled-on-purpose-to-spite-todd-haley/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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